STEVE Holland, head of trading standards for Norfolk County Council, holds a selection of fake toys, some of the thousands of counterfeit products retrieved after the arrest of Philip Butterworth.

Butterworth, 53, of Harrogate, who imported more than 350,000 fake toys supplied to amusement arcades was extradited from Spain after an operation involving Norfolk Trading Standards, the Home Office and Interpol.

He appeared at Norwich Crown Court on a charge of failing to answer bail and the case was adjourned for a week.

SUFFERING to dogs involved in greyhound racing must be stopped, animal welfare campaigners said yesterday.

The call came at the London launch of the campaign by the League Against Cruel Sports because of growing worries about injuries to greyhounds.

INTERNATIONAL guidelines for diagnosing suspected cases of Sars may not be sensitive enough, researchers warned yesterday.

A study in the British Medical Journal found World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for Sars might not be sufficient for assessing patients before they are admitted to hospital.

THE Madness musical Our House is to close after just 10 months, due to poor ticket sales, it was announced yesterday.

The award-winning production is the latest West End show to be hit by the post-September 11 tourist slump.

It will end its run at the Cambridge Theatre on August 16. Based around the hits of Madness, Our House opened in October last year and was named best new musical at the Olivier Awards in February.

THE Royal Navy's newest warship was yesterday welcomed into the fleet at a ceremony attended by the Princess Royal.

HMS Albion was formally commissioned at a ceremony at Devonport Naval Base, Plymouth.

She has the largest and most sophisticated battle command centre afloat in the Royal Navy.

A WOMAN was left lying in the road with serious head injuries after thieves stole her car, police said last night.

The 56-year-old victim was reversing her vehicle out of a driveway in Birmingham when two men approached and dragged her out of her seat. It is thought she was run down or flung from the car bonnet.